Following a protracted legal dispute, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Thursday finally confirmed the annulment of a fine of €1.06 billion imposed on Intel by the European Commission. The fine was originally imposed by the Commission in May 2009. It accused the US chip manufacturer of granting anti-competitive rebates and thus abusing its dominant position in the x86 processor market. The beneficiaries of the rebates were major customers such as Dell and HP or the electronics retailer Media Markt Saturn, while the victims were competitors such as AMD.